Bible Person

Jeroham

Meaning: high; merciful; beloved · Male · 1 cross reference

This Jeroham entry refers to a Benjaminite family figure in 1 Chronicles 8, not to the father of Azariah, the father of Ibneiah, the father of Joelah and Zebadiah, or the father of Azareel. He belongs to the compact genealogical material preserving the tribe's internal branches. First appears in 1 Chr 8:27.1

AI summary: This Jeroham matters because his single cross reference anchors a cluster of named descendants within Benjamin's genealogical record. The entry helps show how tribal identity is preserved through remembered household heads and their children. Taken together, the material presents this Jeroham as a Benjaminite family head in the preserved genealogy.1